Prominent Islands

Most of the islands to the west of the town are considered unorganized territories by the state, including: Pickering Island, Great Spruce Head Island, Little Spruce Head Island, Butter Island, Eagle Island, Bradbury Island, Hog Island, Pond Island

Hutchinson, Vernal, A Yankee town in the Civil War: being a pioneer chronicle of the vanished town of old Deer Isle, in Maine, during the crucial years, 1861- 1865, as found in town, state, and national records, and as retained in the memories of its last survivors of that generation (Deer Isle, Me. [c1957])

Hutchinson, Vernal, A Maine town in the Civil War (Freeport, Me. : Bond Wheelwright Co., c1967)

Hutchinson, Vernal, When revolution came; the story of Old Deer Isle in the province of Maine during the war for American independence (Ellsworth, Me., Ellsworth American [c1972])